Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet

Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by mc32 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:31AM (#23859984)

I wonder if we could have Twitter pause or blue-out the mobberatti when things get too hot.

PG&E style automated trips when things reach a certain pitch when it comes from the blue-checks (at least the ones historically looking for reaction)

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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by rz2k on Thursday July 16, 2020 @03:45PM (#23863063)

How about when things should get a little hot? SOPA would have passed [1] without frantic outrage.

Where do you want to be when a major hurricane hits? New York or New Orleans? How about Puerto Rico? Having a voice matters.

[1] https://youtu.be/RJ194S7KjRg

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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by mc32 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:55PM (#23865282)

So is Twitter a right guaranteed by the constitution or is it a private company free to censor whomever it deems to have crossed a fuzzy line it cannot define in plain terms?

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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by rz2k on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:31PM (#23865594)

Who was we in, "I wonder if we could have Twitter ..."?

If other citizens are making decisions for Twitter, some government rule about being a neutral carrier sounds less radical than a government rule about maintaining decorum.

Honestly, I don't even read Twitter or have an account, I'm just wary of calls to control conversations in order to seek harmony.

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